Heavy snow fell across southeastern Pennsylvania on the 24th into the 25th. Lighter accumulating snow fell elsewhere across eastern Pennsylvania. The snow spread from south to north and began during the morning in the greater Philadelphia Metropolitan area and around Noon EST in the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos. The snow fell at a fairly steady clip until it ended during the early morning on the 25th. Accumulations averaged between 3 and 7 inches in most areas. The lightest accumulations were in the Poconos. While there have been heavier snows, the timing could not have been worse. The snow arrived too late for most schools to be cancelled and accumulated enough by the evening rush hour to cause traveling headaches. Some schools in Chester County never opened on the 24th, but most others dismissed early on the 24th. Even some businesses sent their employees home early. After school activities and evening classes were cancelled. On the morning of the 25th many schools had delayed openings and snowy roads caused traffic delays through the morning commute.  There were hundreds of weather related accidents, with a few fatalities involved. About 100 weather related accidents (with 37 injuries) occurred in Berks County alone. In Berks County, a 57-year-old woman was killed on the Oley Turnpike in Oley Township when her vehicle skidded sideways and was struck by a van. In Monroe County, in Tobyhanna Township, a fatal accident occurred on Pennsylvania State Route 940 when a vehicle collided with a pickup truck.  In Montgomery County, in Lower Pottsgrove Township, a road was closed after a woman was seriously injured after her vehicle struck a pole. In Philadelphia, a multi-vehicle accident on the Platt Street Bridge seriously injured a 25-year-old woman. In Lehigh County, a jackknifed tractor-trailer shut down westbound Interstate 78 in Upper Macungie Township for an hour during the heart of the rush hour. Dozens of accidents also occurred in Northampton, Bucks and Carbon Counties.     Specific accumulations included 7.5 inches in Bernville (Berks County), 7.0 inches in Boothwyn (Delaware County) and Gouglersville (Berks County), 6.8 inches in Bensalem (Bucks County) and Havertown (Delaware County), 6.5 inches in Elkins Park (Montgomery County), 6.3 inches in Valley Forge (Chester County), 6.2 inches in Morrisville (Bucks County), 6.0 inches in Vinemont (Berks County), Wynnewood (Montgomery County) and East Nantmeal Township (Chester County), 5.5 inches in Blue Bell (Montgomery County), 5.2 inches at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 5.1 inches in Downingtown (Chester County), 5.0 inches in Reading (Berks County), 4.8 inches in Birdsboro (Berks County), 4.5 inches in Perkasie (Bucks County), Germansville (Lehigh County), Glendon (Northampton County), Northeast Philadelphia (Philadelphia County) and Lehighton (Carbon County), 4.3 inches in Palm (Montgomery County), 4.2 inches at the Philadelphia International Airport, 4.0 inches in Palmerton (Carbon County), 3.5 inches in East Stroudsburg (Monroe County), 3.1 inches in Easton (Northampton County) and 3.0 inches in Pocono Summit (Monroe County).A southern stream low pressure system formed along the Gulf Coast States on the 23rd and moved northeast. It reached the Alabama/Georgia border shortly after Midnight EST on the 24th, eastern Georgia at 7 am EST on the 24th, just east of Morehead City, North Carolina at 1 p.m. EST on the 24th, about 100 miles east of Elizabeth City, North Carolina at 7 p.m. EST on the 24th and well east of the Delmarva Peninsula by the morning of the 25th. The upper air system that supported the surface low passed across the Middle Atlantic States overnight on the 24th and prolonged the snow slightly longer than would be the case given the storm track. The storm track was too far to the southeast to bring heavy snow into the Lehigh Valley and Poconos.

Heavy Snow in BERKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 11:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 11:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 04:30:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 11:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 11:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 11:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 04:30:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 11:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CARBON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 12:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in LEHIGH, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 12:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 04:30:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MONROE, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 12:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-05 12:00:00 to 25-FEB-05 04:30:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER